384 ATTEMPTED DIVISION OF BRITISH INSECTS. 



prehensile feet ; feeds on the bark, solid wood, pith, or roots of 

 vegetables. Pupa furnished with a double row of short spines on 

 each segment ; it changes in a tough cocoon amongst its food, 

 after remaining through the winter in the larva state. Imago with 

 the antenna; of the males more or less pectinated ; flight noc- 

 turnal. Hepialus, Cossus, Zeuzera. 



Natural Order. — ^Egeriites, Clear-wings. 



Larva and pupa, in habit and economy, precisely as in the pre- 

 ceding. Imago with antennae incrassated externally, and the tip 

 furnished with a slightly recurved hook, consisting of a few 

 bristles ; in the males ciliated ; wings narrow, mostly transparent; 

 body elongate, slender, and tufted ; flight diurnal, in the hottest 

 sunshine, and eminently graceful. JEyeria. s 



Stirps. — Pyralina. 



Natural Order. — Glaucopites, Burnet-moths. 



Larva obese, hairy, with ten prehensile legs. Pupa smooth, very 

 glossy ; changes in a close gummy cocoon, pointed at both ends, 

 and attached generally to a blade of grass. Imago with cla- 

 vate antennae ; slightly pectinated in the males. Zyycena, Ino. 



Natural Order. — Pyralites, Pearl-moths. 



Larva rather more slender than the foregoing, slightly hairy, with 

 ten prehensile feet. Pupa elongate, very lively; changes in a 

 silken cocoon. Imago with filiform antennae ; wings somewhat 

 triangular, deflexed : legs very long, and furnished with long 

 spurs. Ennychia, Pyrausta, Hydrocampa, Botys, Scopula, Pyra- 

 lis, Polypoyon, Hypena. 



Natural Order. — Crambites, Veneers. 



Larva elongate, naked, with ten prehensile feet. Pupa elongate ; 

 changes in a slight cocoon. Imago with very prominent lahial 

 feelers, filiform antennae, sometimes pubescent ; wings ample, 

 folded round the body ; flight in the evening. Crambas, and 

 allied genera. 



s The great difference between this and the preceding order, in the imago 

 state, has induced me to propose this additional order. 



